Easy To Learn, Hard To Master – The Fate Of Atari Documentary

A couple of days ago, fellow Retroist Author Justin M. Salvato sent me this link to a Kickstarter to raise the necessary funds to complete a documentary about the history of Atari. Something that I bet if your a visitor to this site you have more than a passing fondness for, right?

I can say in all honesty that Atari is a name that still means something to not just me but for the Arkadia Retrocade, why else would Shea Mathis set up that little section of the arcade for Players to experience the magic that is the Atari 2600?

The documentary is being created by 8-Bit Generation, it is their second retro documentary in fact. To say they have managed to interview some true legends of the gaming industry is something of an understatement. You have Ralph H. Baer – the Father of Video Games who helped create the Magnavox Odyssey as well as Milton Bradley’s Simon.Image courtesy of 8-Bit Generation.
Nolan Bushnell who besides founding Atari itself helped to usher in the Golden Age of the Arcade Games to name just a few of his many accomplishments.
Al Alcorn who designed a little game known as PONG and had input on the Atari 2600’s development.
But also in the documentary you have the likes of David Crane (Pitfall, Activision), Minoru Arakawa (Nintendo of America), Walter Day (Twin Galaxies), Manny Gerard (Co-Chief Operating Officer of Atari), Eugen Jarvis (Defender, Robotron: 2084), Raymond Kassar (CEO of Atari), Joe DeCuir (Video Olympics), Howard Scott Warshaw (Yar’s Revenge), Steve “Woz” Wozniak (Apple) and many more!

Searching through the alleys for useful knowledge in the city of Nostalgia. Huge cinema fanatic and sometimes carrier of the flame for the weirding ways of 80s gaming, toys, and television. When his wife lets him he is quite happy sitting in the corner eating buckets of beef jerky.